On February 9th 2015, the first Seatower gravity based foundation (GBS) for the Fecamp offshore wind farm was successfully installed 15km off the coast of Normandy. During the course of this project, towage specialist BOLUDA FRANCE provided its expertise, procurement and towage services to contribut
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) published the outcome of the first allocation round of Contracts for Difference (CfD) this morning, at the same time the National Gid notified applicants of the outcome. Among 27 awarded projects, two offshore wind farms have been selected as win
Esvagt’s first offshore wind Service Operation Vessel (SOV), “ESVAGT FROUDE”, went on contract on Wednesday February 18th, while her sister ship, “ESVAGT FARADAY” is contracted to start at the beginning of April – in both cases to work for Siemens Wind Power. The German energy company has provisiona
Wpd AG has closed all the supply contracts for the Nordergründe offshore wind project. Nordergründe is the first German offshore project for which the work will be exclusively delivered and installed by German companies. Moreover, all suppliers have their manufacturing in the north-west region. As a
Anholt Offshore Wind Farm has been offline since Saturday, February 21, due to a fault on the subsea cable connecting the wind farm to the grid on land, Energinet.dk reported today. Over the weekend, it was established that the error occurred on the cable near the offshore substation. However, it is
Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has issued a call for pre-qualification to bid for the construction of wind farms in six areas off the Danish coast. A maximum of 200 MW could be proposed for each area, except the one off the island of Bornholm, where a project of up to 50 MW is planned. The country aims
German offshore wind farm, Alpha Ventus achieved 16,582 full capacity hours and generated 994.9 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity from 2011 to 2014, thus exceeded the generation forecasts by around seven per cent. According to the operators, EWE, E.ON and Vattenfall, the wind farm production for 2
SMart Wind’s application for Hornsea Project Two has been accepted for examination by the UK Planning Inspectorate. The Inspectorate now has approximately three months to prepare for the examination, during which residents will be able to register to become an interested party on the application. Th
SMart Wind’s application for Hornsea Project Two has been accepted for examination by the UK Planning Inspectorate. The Inspectorate now has approximately three months to prepare for the examination, during which residents will be able to register to become an interested party on the application. Th
RES Offshore has followed up the successful installation of the West of Duddon sands (WoDS) offshore met mast with a contract to carry out the operation and maintenance (O&M) of the met mast and equipment for the next 5 years. The mast was installed in August this year at the 389MW West of Duddon Sa
UK Government has approved the Dogger Bank Creyke Beck A and B wind project, expected to support up to 900 green jobs in Yorkshire and Humberside and millions of pounds worth of investment in the UK’s economy. The project will include up to 400 wind turbines, around 130km off the coast of the East R
UK Government has approved the Dogger Bank Creyke Beck A and B wind project, expected to support up to 900 green jobs in Yorkshire and Humberside and millions of pounds worth of investment in the UK’s economy. The project will include up to 400 wind turbines, around 130km off the coast of the East R
Today the crane vessel Rambiz, towed by the Multratug 4, arrived at the Dutch port of IJmuiden. Here it will pick up the OHVS for installation at the Eneco Luchterduinen offshore wind farm, some 23 kilometres off the coast. Installation will take place in the next few days depending on suitable weat
DC Netz BorWin3 GmbH has awarded a contract to N-Sea Offshore Wind BV to undertake unexploded ordnance (UXO) surveys at BorWin3 site. Specifically, the work covers surveying of the seabed to help the identification and removal of undiscovered ordnance along the cable route of BorWin3. The planned Bo
